Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you’ve given up on the Mets way too early this season, you’ll know that they’ll tussle with the Phillies this weekend for control of the division. Some think it’ll be a successful weekend if the Mets can win just one game. I… Read More →

The Mets are on a 7-game winning streak. They have taken over first place in NL East. Yet, on TV all I see are empty seats in the stands. This team took a beating in the offseason, PR-wise. And they got off to a really slow start. But now that… Read More →

The Mets have completed their 9-1 home stand with seven straight wins as the Mets survived a rainout Monday night to win all three games against the Dodgers. The Mets will retain their first-place position in the National League East no matter what the outcome is of the games their… Read More →

The Mets swept their first doubleheader with the Los Angeles Dodgers since 1971 and moved into first place in the National League East in the process. The Mets won the second game 10-5 despite an abbreviated start by Oliver Perez, who only gave up three runs but lasted just 3… Read More →

In what looked like it was going to be a short outing for Johan Santana turned into six shut-out innings as the Dodgers couldn’t take advantage of runners in scoring position. Santana threw 115 pitches, more than 40 of those in the first two innings, earning his third win of… Read More →

The New York Mets have announced that tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers has been postponed due to rain and has been rescheduled as part of a single-admission doubleheader tomorrow, April 27 starting at 4:10 p.m. Only tickets marked “April 27 – Game 15” for tomorrow’s night game will… Read More →

Johan Santana who? The ace of the Mets right now is Mike Pelfrey, who won his fourth start of the year and has lowered his ERA to 0.69, despite throwing more than 60 pitches in the first two innings. In a game that was called with one pitch thrown by… Read More →

It was a night of firsts as the Mets capitalized on four Braves errors to beat them in the opening game of the series. Ike Davis got his first Major League home run, launching a bomb into the Pepsi Porch on a windy night. This happened on a night when… Read More →

Francisco Rodriguez got his first save of the season last night as the Mets beat the Cubs 5-2 to win their first series. He is now tied with Mike Pelfrey for the most saves on the team. :-) Johan Santana got his second win of the season, allowing only a… Read More →

Everywhere I turn, it’s Pelfrey, Pelfrey, Pelfrey! There has been plenty of talk around New York today about Mike Pelfrey’s recent resurgence as a good pitcher. Granted, it’s only been three starts and a save chance, but he’s looked great since his ho-hum last season when he had a 5.03… Read More →

The New York Mets today announced that righthanded pitcher Ryota Igarashi sustained a moderate injury to his left hamstring in last night’s game. The injury was confirmed today by MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He was placed on the 15-Day Disabled List and will progress to baseball activities… Read More →

Well, it’s official. First baseman Ike Davis is being called up. This should inject some hope into the Mets faithful. Let’s see where Jerry sticks him in the lineup. Here is the official release: The New York Mets today announced that they have selected the contract of first baseman Ike… Read More →

Except for Jeff Francoeur, none of the Mets are producing offensively. Jason Bay, the grand off-season pickup who was to be the Mets’ offensive saviour, is in a huge slump to start off the season. He’s batting .217 with only two RBI and no homers. Jerry Manuel was right to… Read More →

ESPNNewYork.com is reporting that the Mets have designated first baseman Mike Jacobs for assignment, leaving room for Ike Davis to be called up, according to unidentified sources. According to the report, Jacobs was released to make room for the call-up of Tobi Stoner from Triple A to help out the… Read More →